Question

Choose the option for the given question so as to complete the sentence correctly.

His subjection bred a longing for self-direction, all the stronger for his underlying sense of the ________ of ever achieving it.

• A. Irrevocability
• B. Impossibility
• C. Inevitability
• D. Credibility

Answer 1

The correct option is B Impossibility

The word subjection here means 'imprisonment' and self-direction means 'freedom'.

The sentence indicates that the longing for freedom of the imprisoned person has intensified. This emotion can only be justified if it was 'impossible' for the person to be free.

Option B is the correct answer as no other option is compatible with the phrase 'ever achieving it' and only it justifies the emotion.

Options A and D mean 'incapable of being revoked' and 'believability' respectively, thus can be eliminated as they are not good fits.

Option C means 'ability to occur invariably' and indicates that the person will be free, thus it does not justify his emotion. Therefore, option C is incorrect.